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Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery

Jersey City, NJ

Founded in 1829, this sprawling historic cemetery contains old crypts, hillside graves and layers of Jersey City history. In recent years goats have also been used seasonally to control invasive vegetation, adding an unusual living element to the preservation work.

Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.

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Source: jerseycitycemetery.org

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